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Digital authorship : publishing in the attention economy / R. Lyle Skains

By: Skains, R. Lyle [author].
Series: Cambridge elementsElements in publishing and book culture: Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, ©2019Copyright date: ©2019Description: 112 p: 18 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781108444484; 1108444482.Subject(s): Self-publishing | Authorship | Written communication -- Technological innovationsGenre/Form: Print books.
Contents:
Introduction -- The new digital author -- The power of the demotic author -- The rising underclass of the fanfic author -- Discussion and conclusion
Summary: This Element looks at contemporary authorship via three key authorial roles: indie publisher, hybrid author, and fanfiction writer. The twenty-first century's digital and networked media allows writers to disintermediate the established structures of royalty publishing, and to distribute their work directly to - and often in collaboration with - their readers. This demotic author, one who is 'of the people', often works in genres considered 'popular' or 'derivative'. The demotic author eschews the top-down communication flow of author > text > reader, in favor of publishing platforms that generate attention capital, such as blogs, fanfiction communities, and social media
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 95-112)

Introduction -- The new digital author -- The power of the demotic author -- The rising underclass of the fanfic author -- Discussion and conclusion

This Element looks at contemporary authorship via three key authorial roles: indie publisher, hybrid author, and fanfiction writer. The twenty-first century's digital and networked media allows writers to disintermediate the established structures of royalty publishing, and to distribute their work directly to - and often in collaboration with - their readers. This demotic author, one who is 'of the people', often works in genres considered 'popular' or 'derivative'. The demotic author eschews the top-down communication flow of author > text > reader, in favor of publishing platforms that generate attention capital, such as blogs, fanfiction communities, and social media

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